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Show plements and machinery, including stationary sta-tionary and portable engines, and all machinery for manufacturing and industrial in-dustrial purposes, except sewing machines; ma-chines; instruments and books for the arts and sciences; railway construction material and equipment. The government govern-ment of brazil has also further authorized author-ized the admission, with a reduction of 25 per cent of the existing tariff duty in Brazil, of the following named articles, produced or manufactured in the United Mates: Lard and substitutes therefor; bacon, hams, butter and cheese; canned aud preserved meat;, fish, fruit aud vegetables; manufactures of cotton, including in-cluding cotton clothing, manufactures of iron and steel, single or mixed, not included in the free schedule; leather and manufactures thereof, except boots nnd shoes; lumber, and manufactures of wood, including cooperage; furniture of all kinds; wagons, carts and carriages; manufactures of rubber. Some idea of tho far reaching importance import-ance of this reciprocal agreement may be gathered from estimates which have been made of the Increased trade which will result. At present the United States pays to Brazil annually about (ir,ooi),oo'o while it only receives 000.000 in return. It is expected that in three years Brazil will pay the United States, in return for our manufacturer and products, at least I'.'.y 000, 000, which amout will be distributed through every section of tho country. Under the provisions of the agreement agree-ment Brazil reduces her import charges upon American pioducts of the farm, factory and mine to the extent of about $'(,0(W),'ooo annually. The present annual an-nual importation of sugar from lirazil is about 12.").0iK tons and it is believed that under the stimulus which this reciprocity reci-procity will give, she will this year increase in-crease her sugar shipments to iOO.OOO tons, next year to 500.001) tons and that in live years Brazil will be able to furnish fur-nish all the sugar required in the United States. THE TREATY WITH BRAZIL. Importance of Our New R3latlons With the , Young Republic. Washington, Fob. fi. The president has issued his proclamation iu regard to the reciprocity treaty with Bra.il which was noted in last evening's Times. In it he sets forth that the Brazilian Bra-zilian minister has communicated to the secretary of state the fact that in due reciprocity and for the consideration of admission into thel'tiited States free of all duly of the articles enumerated in section 3 of the tariff act, to-wit sugars, molasses, coffee and hides, the government govern-ment of Brazil has, by logal enactment, authorized the admission from and after af-ter April 1, lH0l, '"to all the established ports of entry of Bra.il, free of duty, j the merchandise named, as follows, provided such be the product and man- i ufacturc of the United States: wheat, wheat Hour, corn or maize, - and Iho j manufactures thereof, including corn j nieal and starch, rye, rye Hour, buck- wheat, buckwheat flour, barely, pota- I. toes, beans, . !. hay, oats; pork, salted, including . pickled pork and ' bacon, except hiun;lish. salted, dried or 1 pickled; cotton-seed oil; coal, anthra- I cite and bituminous; resin, tar. pitch j, and turpentine; agricultural tod-s, im- ;I . '. ( ' I |